Kodiak baseball issues 5-3 win to PalmerKodiak was in a giving mood Friday evening. Three Bears pitcher combined for 17 walks in a 5-3 nonconference baseball loss to Palmer at Baranof Field. The loss snapped Kodiak’s five-game winning streak and ended its opening 10-game homestand with a 5-5 record. “We were fortunate to be able to get this many home games all the way into May,” Kodiak coach James Arnold said. “It was a blessing for us.” Kodiak opened t...

Kodiak boys track wins Homer InviteEditor's note: This is a different story than what appeared in Monday's paper. That story had Kodiak's boys placing second instead of winning the Homer Invite. Kodiak’s boys track and field team captured the Homer Invitational titlw Saturday at Homer High School. The boys, without the services of distance star Levi Thomet, finished first with 133 points, 16 points ahead of runner-up Kenai. Kodiak’s girls placed se...

Kodiak softball swept by SouthAfter losing a three-game series to South Anchorage by a combined score of 52-3 it would be easy for Kodiak’s player to hang their heads in defeat. That wasn’t the case when the opening softball weekend ended Saturday at East Addition Field. “What I’m most pleased about is how the girls handled themselves,” fifth-year coach Sam Catt said. “It is hard to come out here and take a whooping and still be up in spirits,...

Fish Factor: Harm from hatchery salmon disputedAlaskan salmon producers are not buying the presumption that growing numbers of pinks are eating too much food in the ocean, causing sockeye salmon to grow slower and smaller. That’s the claim of a new study by Seattle and British Columbia researchers, who say the race for food ultimately affects sockeye abundance and survival. “Our data sets extend up to 55 years each. In terms of looking at productivity or survi...

Zoellner, accused of raping 2 Kodiak women, gets 15 years for attempted assault and coercion Describing the defendant as “one of the most dangerous people to come to Kodiak,” Judge Steve Cole sentenced Robert Zoellner Jr. Thursday to 15 years in prison, with six years suspended, for attempted assault and coercion. The sentencing ended the case that began with a woman claiming she was violently raped at a popular park. During their investigation, law-enforcement officials found videos and photos from the s...

Premiere comedy group scheduled for KodiakWhat do Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert, Joan Rivers and Steve Carrell have in common? Besides being comedians, they are all alumni of The Second City, an improv comedy theatre and school with a company of five comedians coming to Kodiak on Sunday. “We do improv and sketch comedy,” said Chucho Perez, a member of the company. “It’ll be a lot of comedy, and we have some Alaska-specific scenes. We have one scene about bear...

Troopers: armed man causes apartment evacuation, offers bribeAn armed man caused an early-morning standoff with Alaska State Troopers resulting in the evacuation of several Kodiak residents from an apartment building after which the man tried to bribe the troopers, according to an AST report. Billy Yovino Jr., 32, of Kodiak reportedly was in possession of a rifle and a shotgun while consuming alcohol and refused to leave his residence. After troopers convinced him to leave,...

TAPESTRY: Sons of Norway celebrates 25 years in KodiakIt was a cool May evening. Not an evening for picnics, that’s for sure. But it was May 17, a very sacred day for Norwegians. Syttende Mai, as it is called in the old country, is the day they celebrate its constitution, which was signed in 1814, declaring Norway to be an independent kingdom. In Norway, Syttende Mai is celebrated with fanfare and merry-making – parades, dances, festivals, feasts. So the least that t...

Friday sports roundup: Kodiak drops diamond gamesThree Kodiak pitchers combined for 17 walks in a 5-3 nonconference baseball loss to Palmer, Thursday at Baranof Field. The loss snapped Kodiak’s five-game winning streak and ended its opening 10-game homestand with a 5-5 record. On Tuesday, the Bears hit the road for the first time this season with a four-game swing to the Kenai Peninsula that begins at Kenai. Kodiak grabbed a 3-2 lead in the fourth on run-scoring...